Edgefield County, South Carolina
Edgefield County, SC: non-irrigated cash rent $26 an acre (2025); land and buildings $4,696 an acre in the 2022 census. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 45037. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Edgefield County is $26 per acre in 2025, down 10.3 percent from 2014. Drought has eased in recent years: 2 weeks in severe drought or worse from 2021-2025, against 242 of 1357 weeks from 2000-2025, with 2002 the worst year at 45 weeks. The July average nightly low is 71.6 F for 2017-2026, up from the 1991-2020 normal of 70.2 F, and the trend since 1976 runs 0.53 F per decade, warming.
too few 2025 county surveys in the state to compare
too few 2010 county surveys in the state to compare
SC median $3,802 · 13th highest of 46
SC median $15.63 · 2nd highest of 37
SC median 21% · 15th lowest of 46
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.
Land value
Corn yield
Crop insurance record
Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1989. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgefield County | $26 2025 | — | $4,696 | $33.09 |
| Columbia County, GA | $26 2025 | — | $6,571 | — |
| Richmond County, GA | — | — | $4,332 | — |
| Aiken County | $41 | $111 | $5,606 | $20.51 |
| Greenwood County | $15 | — | $3,514 | — |
| McCormick County | — | — | $3,216 | — |
| Saluda County | $33 | — | $4,440 | $32.48 |
| Median next door | $33 | $111 1 co. | $4,386 | $26.50 2 co. |
Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.
Cite this page
AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Edgefield County, South Carolina. Figures as of 2026-09-20, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/south-carolina/edgefield-countyEvery figure is a county average from the sources named below. Ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms, in the same survey year for rent, within the state. Methods: how each figure is built. Downloads: all counties, CSV.
Sources, dates and arithmetic
"Figures as of" is the date this page's numbers last changed; it moves only when a figure on the page does. Source files and their retrieval dates are listed on the data page.
Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields, trend fitted here over every published year since 2008. Loss ratio: claims (indemnity) divided by total premium, USDA RMA Summary of Business, 1989 on, open crop year left out. Drought: U.S. Drought Monitor, weeks with half the county or more in D2 or worse. July lows: NOAA nClimDiv county monthly minimum temperature. A dash means the record does not carry the figure or the source withheld it; the reason is printed beside it.